hay availability????????

[Marko]

No shortages here - I have 13 acres I can't give away.

[nepia]

Big Bolt, I've never seen one of those pedestrian balers before; what a fantastic machine. And to think that of all the whingeing I've heard down the years about 'awkward corners' and 'difficult field to work because of the shape' the answer was there all the time. I'll bet the concentration attached to using it is as tiring as the physical side though.

What make is it as a matter of interest (or is that on the pics?)

 

Excellent...

[Big Bolt]

Hi Nepia its a mountian press ( rapid ) It's not 2 bad the bailer steers the lot but phyisical yes

[mendiplogs]

HI ALL ref hay price in somerset £240 a ton jon somerset

[nepia]

Hi Nepia its a mountian press ( rapid ) It's not 2 bad the bailer steers the lot but phyisical yes

 

 

Just watched an Italian promo video via Google. Re-spect if you do a couple of acres with it; physical indeed!

 

Given the number of small fields (paddocks) and odd-shaped bits of land we have I can't understand why I've never seen one. No missed headlands, virtually no compaction and easy to handle bales; bliss you'd think. Someone needs to do some marketing.

[Sam Thompson]

£5 per bail is normal round here this year. Horseists seem happy to pay it too

 

Cut ours a week back

 

Sam

[Kazyanenko]

I am in sussex also, we got our hay out of luck, though per bale it was £3 more expensive than last year! It is very scarce as it didn't grow very long, our supplier who usually gets 100 or so bales out of one of his fields got 20 this year. Also, with the hay being so short, all of the bales fell apart. Hopefully it will be better next year

[Charlieh]

like the little alpine press baler, anyhow here is how i have spent most my day, and tomorrow will probably be on a baler if the weather holds overnight

 

click the vid to play

[Big Bolt]

Coooooorrrrrr Charlieh that's on my wish list one day . here is my tedder and cutter.

[Charlieh]

i would love the smaller kit as well! that field was 7acres and it took 36mins from start to finish, makes large areas so much easier, we used to take about half a day to do that field

 

also on the wish list are a holder, iron horse etc, we picked the turner up as an ex demo machine for not a stupid amount of money considering we do 100+acres of hay and given the iffy weather being able to move quickly is key

Edited August 15, 2010 by Charlieh